Bill Clinton hospitalized, heart needs rest to recover

Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized Thursday after complaining of a discomfort in his chest and difficulty breathing. According to The Huffington Post, President Clinton was transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital, the same facility where Clinton had bypass surgery in 2004.

President Clinton has been on a healthier diet since his 2004 operation, but maintains a busy schedule that has seen him go from the Davos World Economic Forum last week, to New York, and eventually to Haiti and back in one day. For a man who has heart disease and high blood pressure, Clinton has not appeared to maintain a schedule that allows him significant "down time".

With that kind of pressure comes stress, a good friend of high blood pressure. A good enemy is athletic activity, like running or at least a brisk walk. To what extent Clinton is maintaining his once-common running schedule is not clear from available reports as of this writing.